I bought a round trip ticket from San Francisco to Las Vegas for $45.36 leaving on Friday, January 24 and returning Tuesday, Jan 28 thinking I might book a tour with Walter Schriefels of the Punk Rock Museum and attend the conversation on the St Victus book.
I ended up deciding to bail because I’m broke and did not feel like sleeping the the Vegas airport for 4 nights in a row and spend money I did not have.
Thanks for your review Dan… it made me feel as if I was almost there.
1) I too enjoyed the punk rock museum even though I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I loved looking at all of the photos.
2) Danzig's house has entirely invaded my subconscious. (please note I have never been to Danzig's house) I had a dream that I was running through the streets of Hollywood in like the super touristy walk of fame area and I don't remember why I was running but it was like "aaahh I'm being chased!" not jogging for fun/health. Anyway, my one singular thought was that I needed to find Danzig's house. And so eventually I made it to this mostly empty lot and it reminded me of the pixar film Up where there were all of these office buildings and it was all very corporate and shiny except for this lot. And most of the other homes in the lot had either burned down or were just in extreme disrepair and I hopped over this fence that encircled the full lot (which I guess was actually like several lots) and was just full-on sprinting to danzig's house and I made it to the large gate at the front of Danzig's house, grasped the gate with both hands, and thought to myself, "thank god the house is okay. That means I'm going to be okay" and then I turned around and the bad sort of fed-looking people who were chasing me were right there and then I woke up. I feel like there's probably some sort of deeper meaning behind all of that, but I wanted to share because I had no idea about the house being there before I got your zine on it and now it is literally in my dreams haha
OK, I'm still skeptical because after working in a record store for 15 years, I went back to school to become a librarian and have been working in actual museums for the past six years. I reached out to someone that I know is part of the Punk Rock Museum team and asked how they're handling collection materials, storage, loan paperwork, cataloging of items, etc and they told me, "We've got good people for that," but when I asked if I could reach out to that person to talk shop, I was ignored. I appreciate the sentiment behind it, but a bunch of shit in display cases with "museum" slapped on the building is hardly a museum in practice. See also: the Metal Blade Museum and Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music.
I spent a week in NYC in March 2023. My ONE and ONLY regret is not going to see 84 Tigers at Saint Vitus when I had the chance. Damnit. Glad you've got such good memories of it.
I bought a round trip ticket from San Francisco to Las Vegas for $45.36 leaving on Friday, January 24 and returning Tuesday, Jan 28 thinking I might book a tour with Walter Schriefels of the Punk Rock Museum and attend the conversation on the St Victus book.
I ended up deciding to bail because I’m broke and did not feel like sleeping the the Vegas airport for 4 nights in a row and spend money I did not have.
Thanks for your review Dan… it made me feel as if I was almost there.
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"How much ska would be included? Obviously any would be too much." haha exactly. I never know this museum existed---thanks!
1) I too enjoyed the punk rock museum even though I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I loved looking at all of the photos.
2) Danzig's house has entirely invaded my subconscious. (please note I have never been to Danzig's house) I had a dream that I was running through the streets of Hollywood in like the super touristy walk of fame area and I don't remember why I was running but it was like "aaahh I'm being chased!" not jogging for fun/health. Anyway, my one singular thought was that I needed to find Danzig's house. And so eventually I made it to this mostly empty lot and it reminded me of the pixar film Up where there were all of these office buildings and it was all very corporate and shiny except for this lot. And most of the other homes in the lot had either burned down or were just in extreme disrepair and I hopped over this fence that encircled the full lot (which I guess was actually like several lots) and was just full-on sprinting to danzig's house and I made it to the large gate at the front of Danzig's house, grasped the gate with both hands, and thought to myself, "thank god the house is okay. That means I'm going to be okay" and then I turned around and the bad sort of fed-looking people who were chasing me were right there and then I woke up. I feel like there's probably some sort of deeper meaning behind all of that, but I wanted to share because I had no idea about the house being there before I got your zine on it and now it is literally in my dreams haha
OK, I'm still skeptical because after working in a record store for 15 years, I went back to school to become a librarian and have been working in actual museums for the past six years. I reached out to someone that I know is part of the Punk Rock Museum team and asked how they're handling collection materials, storage, loan paperwork, cataloging of items, etc and they told me, "We've got good people for that," but when I asked if I could reach out to that person to talk shop, I was ignored. I appreciate the sentiment behind it, but a bunch of shit in display cases with "museum" slapped on the building is hardly a museum in practice. See also: the Metal Blade Museum and Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music.
I spent a week in NYC in March 2023. My ONE and ONLY regret is not going to see 84 Tigers at Saint Vitus when I had the chance. Damnit. Glad you've got such good memories of it.